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i was reccomended to get this remote on this forum but now i have it it doesnt work properly. the controlls work ok at first but then odd stuff starts to happen, random fast forwarding/skipping and strangest of all, skipping back and forth between two tracks so i hear a second of one then the other then back etc etc. has anyone else had this trouble? im just a bit annoyed i spent £28 on something totaly useless.

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I got the RM-MC35ELK from keykey2006 and, although he/she is a very good ebayer, the unit I got was simply a piece of crap.

As I like to get things working on my own, I opened it up to check if anything could have gone wrong during shipping, and I discovered the remote had already been (severely) damaged and repared. (If you need instructions to open it, which is not easy (easy to break it), let me know)

I contacted keykey2006 to arrange the situation, which he/she did. I then ordered a 40ELK from sunnylife_jp (brand new in box) and I'm very pleased with it (it definitely IS the remote to get for HD1/HD3)

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I got the RM-MC35ELK from keykey2006 and, although he/she is a very good ebayer, the unit I got was simply a piece of crap.

As I like to get things working on my own, I opened it up to check if anything could have gone wrong during shipping, and I discovered the remote had already been (severely) damaged and repared. (If you need instructions to open it, which is not easy (easy to break it), let me know)

I contacted keykey2006 to arrange the situation, which he/she did. I then ordered a 40ELK from sunnylife_jp (brand new in box) and I'm very pleased with it (it definitely IS the remote to get for HD1/HD3)

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thats interesting to know, thanks a lot. if i open the thing up and i likely to be able to fix whatevers wrong though? i dont want to open it/break it and then have a total waste of money. I will probably contact keykey about it (i bought it off her.him too). a question about the 40ELK btw, can it navigate menus properly, between artists etc? also is there any word from sony about remotes? i heard that some accessories are likely to be released this month but does anyone know if that includes a remote?

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You have to unscrew the only visible (and small) screw. Then you have to pull the volume button (the cylindrical one). It's only clipped. Write down the order of the spring/plastic bits that comes along when you remove the volume button. Then unscrew the last screw you'll discover with the volume button removed. The two faces of the remotes are clipped with very small plastic clips, remove them, and voila, it's open. But I doubt you'll be able to fix anything (components are very very small), maybe you can open it up just to check your remote is in the same condition as the one I got from keykey

I don't know about future Sony offering concerning accessories, but I think that may be the point where they're loosing ground versus apple. It's almost impossible to find accessories for Sony products outside japan, and if you do, they come at a price ... Hope that'll change though

You CAN navigate the menus (artist/genre/album ...) on the remote using the jog dial exactly as you can on the player (even better I think)

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thanks for the info but that sounds far too delicate for me, and i dont have the best track record for opening up stuff like that, well actualy i do its my track record of putting em back together thats a bit shaky lol.

the 40ELK is sounding better and better, i may even spend the insane ammount of money on it, i know if i do though it will be the day before sony bring out a great remote just for the hd3 for half the price lol.